Japanese Monks recorded Climatology for 700 Year Blog :
Japanese Monks have recorded the Climate for 700 Years. Some of the oldest continuous Historical Records from around the World show us how dramatically the Climate has changed.
Lake Suwa sits in the Kino Mountains of Central Japan, in a region sometimes called the Japanese Alps. When the lake freezes over, daily temperatures changes cause the Ice to Expand and Contract, Cracking the surface and forcing it upwards into a Ridge. Legend has it that the Ridge, called Omiwatari, is formed by the feet of the Shinto Gods who lived at the Shrine on the edge of Lake Suwa have carefully recorded the date the Ridge appears.
In 1693, on the other side of the World, a Finnish Merchant named Olof Ahlbom started recording the date and time of the Spring Ice breakup in the Torne River, which forms part of the border between Sweden and Finland. Though Ahlbom's recordkeeping was interrupted in 1715, when he has to flee a Russian Invasion, he resumed it after he returned home in 1721, and it has been carried on by other Observers ever since.
When Scientists want to glimpse the Climate of the Ancient Past, they almost always have to use indirect evidence - Changes in Tree Rings, Ice-Core Layers, or Pollen Deposits. But the Ice Records from Japan and Finland, which are the longest of their kind, give us a more direct look at the Climate our distant Ancestors experienced. Quantifying and recording changes from the Pre-Industrial Revolution Era up to the current status of Human occupation on Planet Earth. Scientist are able to gauge how radical the impact of Human Occupation has on Planet Earth. Coupled with the process of Mass Species Extinction. We can ultimately conclude that Planet Earth Current Phase of Mass Species Extinction may be a Reciprocated result of Humanity's Artificial Industrial Revolution.
